Example sentences of "and [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flung open a pair of doors she had not even noticed in the gloom and revealed the largest room she had ever seen , endlessly high , and filled with the grey light of the sea . |
| 2 | The woman thief arrived with an accomplice at the house at Camlough and told the elderly woman she was thirsty . |
| 3 | But she stood in front of the large square mirror in the hall and lifted the gilt-backed brush she found there . |
| 4 | ‘ Franklin D. Hauser , ’ she answered promptly and flourished the monocular glass she had used to study the man in the hat close up . |
| 5 | The varnish held tiny , solid pieces of silver metal which stayed on the pieces of tissue Philippa was using and scratched the next nail she treated . |
| 6 | She guessed it would be Nicky Kai , eager to hear her singing the praises of her beloved island once more , and she might be willing to stay and share the light supper she had been planning for herself as it was Sunday , the one evening of the week on which Florian might occasionally make a concession to the fact of his breakfast show slot and retire soon after dark . |
| 7 | Unlocking the door , she put her meal on the bench and donned the old smock she wore for working , then settled to sanding and smoothing the shapes she had already carved . |
| 8 | Clare looked up and saw the tallest man she had ever seen ; he had curly black hair and black-lashed , dark brown eyes , now filled with worry . |
| 9 | For a few seconds she felt the bony weight of her grandmother on top of her and smelt the sickly powder she used ; then Nana struggled upright , her breath rasping painfully in her throat , and pulled a thick length of bamboo from its hiding place behind her dressing table . |